2020 Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Recreational Season Length Estimates for the Federal For-Hire Component
The purpose of this report is to project the 2020 recreational red snapper federal for-hire fishing…
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U.S. wild-caught red snapper is a smart seafood choice because it is sustainably managed under rebuilding plans that allow limited harvest by U.S. fishermen.
Below target level in the Gulf of Mexico and fishing rate promotes population growth. Significantly below target population levels in the South Atlantic. Rebuilding plans are in place.
At recommended level in the Gulf of Mexico. Reduced to end overfishing in the South Atlantic.
Fishing gear used to harvest red snapper has minimal impacts on habitat.
Regulations require modified fishing gear to reduce bycatch. Release techniques improve the chance of survival of unintentionally caught fish.
According to the 2018 stock assessment of Gulf of Mexico red snapper the stock is not overfished. The stock is rebuilding and a rebuilding plan is in place. Regulations are in place to ensure that the combined commercial and recreational catches are low enough to prevent overfishing.
According to the 2016 stock assessment of South Atlantic red snapper, the stock is overfished and subject to overfishing. The stock is rebuilding and a rebuilding plan is in place. The overfishing determination was based on fishing mortality rates from 2012-2014 when fishing was occurring on the stock, and harvest was prohibited in the South Atlantic in 2015 and 2016. Spawning biomass has generally been increasing since the mid-1990s, but continues to be well below the target level (currently at 22 percent). It will take time for older, more fertile fish to rebuild; however, the numbers of red snapper predicted by the assessment are the highest on record since the 1970s.
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LAPP-2019-01 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), Southeast Regional Office
Five exempted fishing permits (EFPs) were issued to allow limited state management of recreational red snapper. The EFPs were issued to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,…